piggy and babs 544 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 SPENT MANY HAPPY NIGHT AT THE OLD HEART OF THE MIDLANDS NOW OFCOURSE FOR YOU YOUNGER ONES ROCK CITY AND SAW MANY DIFERENT ARTIST THERE FROM MID SIXTIES UNTILL IT CLOSED NEW ALLAN ROPPER QUITE WELL AND WOULD OFTEN GET FREE TICKETS FOR THE SHOWS AND OF COURSE IF YOU PAID TO GO SATURDAY NIGHT YOU ALWAYS GOT FREE TICKETS FOR THE WEDNESSDAY NIGHT ANYWAY TO SEE THE SAME ARTIST HERE ARE SOME OF THE ARTISTS I SAW THERE. NANA MASCORI ROGER WHITTICAR THE GRUMBLE WEEDS LENA MARTEL ROGER DECORSY DAVID ESSEX PJ PROBY JIGSAW TO NAME BUT A FEW I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO SEE IF I HAVE JOGED ANY ONES MEMORY 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Went to see Suzy Quatro but when we got there, there were loadsa folk out on the street....they wunt let no-one in because the dress code said you had to wear a tie....there was a big stink which seemed to go on for ages till they finally let everyone in.....good concert in the end...if not just a little late. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Went to a staff Xmas do in 1977.... It was Duggie Brown....thought the place was C..p.........saw far more iconic acts when it became Rock City Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I worked on taxi's in 1978 and picked up 3 of the Nolan sisters from there and took them to Victoria Hotel Milton St. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Anybody have one of these? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I had the alternative , soup in a basket ! Too young to have gone to see anybody there really , my Mum and Dad went a few times IMMSC. Been loads of times as Rock City though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deeps 68 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 What would a night at the HOM be without one Saw Norman Wisdom and Les Dennis and Dustin Gee both great nights Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Went to see freddie starr at the hart , he did hitler and elvis it was rubbish, the place was no laughing matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Only went once, with previous Mrs SWMBO,........................sat through 2 shows by Brotherhood of Man, both with encores of 'save your kisses for me', sheer torture + chicken in the basket...............that cured me!! never went near the place again......................... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Mac 12 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I got complimentary tickets once in 1980 to see Frank Carson. He was very funny and I met him backstage and he was even funnier. It was a Friday and the next day Forest were playing Manchester City who he supported. Invited me and wife to go with him but it clashed with something else we were doing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Never went there myself. I was a bit young and it was kind of 'middle of the road' for a young teenager into soul and rock, maybe. Interestingly, The Grumbleweeds (or at least two of them) are stilling kicking about. http://www.thegrumbleweeds.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Donnyred 1 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I saw the Grumbleweeds and I think the Black Abbots with Russ Abbott. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 My wife got some free tickets to see Ken Dodd there, she had to drag me along as I wasn't that keen on bloody "diddymen" style comedy. But he was a totally different type of comedian to the tv crap. Never laughed so much in my life ! and talk about blue jokes ! I came out aching I had laughed so much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Ken Dodd still does an excellent show nowadays. I hope to catch one one day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Ah ! Ken Dodd, known in the trade as "The taxi drivers friend" because of his habit of over running his show till the buses had stopped running and everbody had to get home by cab. SWMBO always told me she couldn't stand him, but we were up in Blackpool on business just before we had the kids , and I managed to blag a couple of tickets to his show, well I've never known anybody change their opinion of someone so quick. Tattyfalairious folks !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Craig Strongman 13 Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Just about my first gig as a DJ involved working at the HOTM with The Dooleys. I was a little naive I guess, and was rather disappointed at how Jim Dooley said exactly the same thing at the same time to the audiance every night! I don't think I impressed him either when one night when I was leaving, he was in the foyer signing autographs, and as I walked by he asked me what I thought of their new song, Wanted, I replied......yes its good, but it sounds so much like Abba! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Mac 12 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Ken Dodd. In 1965 the annual holiday day out for our firm (John Line & Sons -- Wallpapers and pain merchants) was a tripe to London with the finale being the Ken Dodd show at the London Palladium. I had no real opinion of him but he was onstage for 2 1/2 hours cracking joke after joke. Everyone was in hysterics (including me) and it was like you were in so much pain from laughing you wanted him to stop. Anyone else remember when companies would close for a day (the above trip was a Wednesday) and take the staff of somewhere? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Pain merchants? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Stop talking tripe Den Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 once went with city council to lincoln christmas market but we had to take a day of our holidays to go i was lucky though because it was my day off anyway .i think council paid half the price for the coach Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 The only days outings I had was a trip to Alton Towers when I worked 'on the pop' for Alpine. We organised it ourselves though, and went in carloads. Great day out that one ! The only other 'works day out' was a trip to Wembly to see Forest in the Charity Shield when I was at The Raleigh; again this was organised by a lad at work. I'd love to say it was great day out , but Forest won !!!.........(Only joking) The only real problem of the day was as we were coming back up the M1 it seemed that every mile or so there was a Camms coach broken down on the hard shoulder, guess who coaches we were in ? ......Yup ! We got home safely though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 We used to call them Camms collapsibles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 From the School trips... "Camm's Coaches... Crap Crap Crap!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Carefull, the former owner of Camms is a member on here !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Alan from the Blue Bell? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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